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Anti Mugabe Hackers Bring Down ANC Website
An activist group calling themselves Anonymous Africa hacked the African National Congress website on Friday.
The attack on the ANC site involved multiple computers overwhelming the site’s server with huge amounts of traffic. This is known as a DoS (Distributed Denial of ... read more
Malware Issues and Cyber Attacks Fuel Job Growth for Security Experts
Malware issues cost businesses in the United States an average of $8.9 million annually, according to a paper published by the Ponemon Institute. Viruses, malware and denial-of-service attacks disrupt business activity and result in costly problems for companies nationwide.
It... read more
The laws of cyberwar - Inside the new effort to set rules for a battlefield no one can see
AMID THE FLURRY of national security documents leaked in the last weeks was one that got less attention than the PRISM surveillance program, but also opened a window on a secretive new realm: Presidential Policy Directive 20, issued last October, which instructed national securit... read more
ANC website hacked
The official ANC website (anc.org.za) was taken down today (14 June 2013) through a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack by Anonymous Africa for being “one of the biggest enablers of the mass murdering Mugabeâ€.
In response to questions on the intended target... read more
Zimbabwe hackers hit ANC website
Opponents of President Robert Mugabe have targeted the website of South Africa's governing ANC, accusing it of backing Zimbabwe's leader.
Anonymous Africa said it had also hacked into the sites of Zimbabwe's defence ministry and the state-run Herald newspaper.
The ANC said ... read more
Cyber ambush takes IOL offline
The IOL website was offline between 11pm and 1pm on Wednesday after Independent Newspapers was targeted by a group calling itself "Anonymous Africa".
Johannesburg - In an unprecedented attack, Independent Newspapers succumbed to a massive cyber ambush by a group identifying itse... read more
The Pirate Bay gets attacked and banned in one day
The Pirate Bay was down earlier today after a denial of service attack overwhelmed its servers, and this afternoon it effectively was banned in Ireland. This morning's downtime, which also affected proxies, lasted for some hours, and has been confirmed by news site Torrentfreak a... read more
UK banks spooked more by cybercrime than economic slump
Fear of cybercrime has overtaken the eurozone crisis and economic malaise as the most pressing issue facing the UK\'s top banks, a senior Bank of England official says. A series of Distributed Denial of Service attacks on US banks and a rising incidence of sophisticated hacking e... read more
Mobile Apps, Cloud Services Top Areas of Business Investment: AT&T
More than half of executives surveyed cited the looming threat of security breaches as their most important security concern for 2013. Businesses nationwide have continued to grow and advance their business continuity and disaster recovery plans to incorporate the adoption of wir... read more
DDoS Attacks: The Impact on Brand
Defacement and downtime are two consequences for organizations struck by distributed-denial-of-service attacks. But what's the brand impact? Akamai's Fran Trentley discusses risks and mitigation.
Since the start of the wave of DDoS attacks on U.S. banking institutions last Sep... read more
